50 Cent Responds To Omari Hardwick’s Over Of How His ‘Power’ Character Ended

At the Uninterrupted Film Festival, Omari Hardwick spoke on his former Power character, James “Ghost” St. Patrick, and how he was killed off. The actor — who pretty much made the entire franchise a hit called out the Starz show’s writers, Courtney A. Kemp, and 50 Cent for misleading him and fans about his character. “I have so much empathy for the fans, bro,” Hardwick said in a clip from the panel on Jul 10. “Because you were sold and told a story that did not continue, guys, in the way that it was sold and told to me that it would continue. So, you have every right to be hitting me up at every airport, every bus stop… Following Hardwick’s now viral video, Fif responded with confusion to what the 50-year-old was talking about. “This [ninja emoji] is a strange bird. The f**k is he talking about, [raised-eyebrow emoji] I never done nothing but look out for him,” he initially wrote on Instagram before removing the post. “If he needed something I gave it to him. I understand now, that sh*t didn’t matter. Empathizing with his supporters who may have also disliked Ghost‘s ending, he added, “I’m with y’all in this sense. I’m with you in the sense that the way the story was sold and told to me is not befitting of the way it ended, guys. So y’all have every right to be like, ‘It didn’t end right.’ And because we don’t honor fans enough, and I know Matt and Trae are different. We honor y’all. We honor our fans, man. We often forget that the fans are being sold and told a story that has a genesis and that it has to end the way that it was sold and told to end. Continuing his expression for wanting a better outcome for Ghost, he foreshadowed how “beautiful” it would have been if the series actually concluded the way he thought it was intended to. He claimed that Power creators Courtney Kemp and 50 Cent didn’t stick to the initial character arc that they promised him. He also spoke to how relatable he felt James St. Patrick was to many.“ This was everybody’s uncle. Whether Jamie or Ghost, he was everybody’s uncle who was, more importantly, trying to go right from going wrong,” he said. “And I loved him, and I always will love him. But I just want fans to always remember I played the guy. I’m a little bit bigger than him. So it’s better to follow me than a character,” he concluded.

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